#C9923D#C9923D

#C9923D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.120 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9923D
RGB	rgb(201, 146, 61)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, 12.48, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 53.05, 76.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% 0.031 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.12 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2109, 33.3150, 8.9899)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9923D #3D74C9

analogous

#C94C3D #C9923D #BAC93D

triadic

#C9923D #3DC992 #923DC9

tetradic

#C9923D #3DC94C #3D74C9 #C93DBA

square

#C9923D #3DC94C #3D74C9 #C93DBA

split-complementary

#C9923D #3DBAC9 #4C3DC9

monochromatic

#6D4E1E #9D712C #C9923D #D6AD6D #E4C89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#C9923D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#C9923D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9923D

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9923D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9923D	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9923d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 146, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.120 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb177',
    500: '#c9923d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9923d;
$custom-light: #deb177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9923d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.429,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69783,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9923D

secondary

#92AAD0

accent

#84E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9923D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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